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Greater VenturaTowns and Neighborhoods

Within Ventura County real estate, Westlake Village is nestled in a lush verdant valley against the Santa Monica Mountains. Its crown jewel is a 150-acre manmade lake and community focal point. Residents enjoy boating, fishing, hiking and a municipal 18-hole golf course, as well as five championship courses located within several miles. Lush with greenbelts, riding trails and tens of thousands of acres of open space, this is a recognizable well-planned community dedicated to the preservation, protection and enhancement of the area's magnificent natural environment. Blessed with a Mediterranean-like climate cooled by warm ocean breezes, Westlake Lake is known to sailors as a most challenging sailing lake. With its own fully accredited Westlake Yacht Club, the lake is over a mile long with nine miles of shoreline, providing an ambiance and picture-perfect setting for homes, restaurants and walking trails. Westlake Village is situated in the northwestern part of Los Angeles County and the southeastern part of Ventura County, 38 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles. Beaches and the blue Pacific Ocean are just eight miles south. A mecca for great restaurants, shopping, golfing, recreating and the arts, as well as lifestyles for those seeking large homes in gated areas, smaller lot sizes or town houses, this is truly a great place to live, work, play or shop.

Greater Ventura

With a population of less than 900,000, the Ventura region boasts a small town atmosphere just 10 miles outside the Los Angeles city limits. Indeed, you would never know how close the city was in Ventura County as its luxury homes are nestled in the hills amongst pristine, natural surroundings with Los Padres National Forest to the Northwest and the shimmering Pacific to the South. For those seeking more refined entertainment after a day in nature, Ventura is famous for its many wineries dotting the countryside between central Ventura region and Thousand Oaks to the East, or locals can enjoy any of the ten local golf courses.

As for Ventura real estate, the Ventura region offers a panoply of luxury homes. Ventura real estate covers the spectrum from beach front estates to hilltop villas and even more modest houses towards central Ventura, offering a social mix that has seen the Ventura region steadily growing while maintaining its small town roots. In fact, one of the largest draws for many new residents of Ventura is the business and economic opportunities in this small, but growing, community.

Sotheby's International Realty invites you to contact an agent affiliated with the Ventura offices to take you on a tour of the Ventura region and let you sample all Ventura life has to offer as you peruse its distinctive luxury real estate offerings. Spend a day in Ventura, sample some local wines, see the picturesque hills and beaches and see what makes Ventura so special to its residents.